At 09:28 AM 10/7/2003 -0500, Clay Fowler wrote:
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One trick I have used is placing the pdf's in a folder that does not
have an index.html file in it. (ie. www.myserver.com/files/*.pdf) Then
anyone may use their regular internet browser of choice. Since there is
no html file, the browser treats it like an ftp session. If the user
left-clicks (or regular click on mac) the file, it will view in the
browser with the Acrobat plugin, but if they right-click (control-click
on Mac) they can choose "save as" from the contextual menu. This way, it
is their option: to view or to download. Usually, when I send them the
link (or have the link posted on a page) I send a long a short
description of these options in case they aren't aware of them. Also,
the link I send them is just the folder, and not the actual file.
Otherwise, it would open in the browser automatically. It is a bit
manual, but works for me.
Clay
-----Original Message-----
From: Gilbert Fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:13 PM
To: PDF Lists
Subject: [PDF] downloading pdf files
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I have some pdf catalogs on our website for download via ftp. The links
are ftp://ftp.mycompany.com/xyz.pdf
But when these ftp links are clicked the files do not download, instead
they open up in the Browsers (I've tried IE & NN) Is something wrong
somewhere or is this normal? I remember a few years back it worked fine.
Is this a development in the later versions of the browsers.
I want our customers to download the files for later viewing.
Any solution would be a great help.
TIA
Gilbert Fernandes.
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